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Lectures tagged "Segregation"

US Supreme Court and Race

Randall Kennedy

Two Harvard legal scholars discuss the complex and often misunderstood history of how decisions by the United States Supreme Court have affected the legal status of racial minorities in America, and ask if the Supreme Court has been a friend or a foe to African Americans.

Can We Talk about Race?

Beverly Daniel Tatum

Spelman College President Beverly Daniel Tatum sounds a warning call about the increasing but underreported resegregation of America, on the 53rd anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

Beverly Daniel Tatum: Can We Talk About Race?

Beverly Daniel Tatum

Beverly Daniel Tatum addresses the 2007 graduating class of Agnes Scott College as the commencement keynote speaker. Agnes Scott College presents Spelman College President Tatum, noted writer, scholar, administrator and race relations expert, as their 118th commencement speaker.

Race Relations and Black History in Higher Education

Shirley Franklin

Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin gives the Holmes-Hunter Lecture at the University of Georgia.

Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Raymond Arsenault

Raymond Arsenault brings a defining moment in modern American history to life, drawing on personal papers, FBI files, and interviews with more than 200 participants in the rides.

Shame of the Nation: Unequal Schooling

October 24, 2005

Jonathan Kozol documents the reappearance of separate and unequal schooling in our nation's educational system. Gary Orfield of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard responds and moderates the discussion.

Beyond Black and White: Race in the Boston Public Schools

Charles J. Ogletree Jr.

Basic Black hosts an hour-long forum with panelists and an audience in the WGBH studio. The discussion explores how the Boston public school system can maintain a commitment to diversity and provide a quality education.

Sarah's Long Walk: The Struggle that Changed America

Stephen Kendrick

February 10, 2005

Stephen Kendrick, author of Sarah's Long Walk and minister of First and Second Church, Boston, discusses the history behind the famous case of Sarah Roberts.